AKAPAD the FILM BUFF Podcast
The internet has killed film criticism, resurrecting it is Peter A Deluca known throughout the cosmos as AKPAD. Here he wages war against poor hot takes, lazy insight, and trashing a movie just for clicks. This is the last bastion of honest cinema thought.
Episodes
May 24, 2024 • 14 mins
AKAPAD THE FILM BUFF EPISODE 641
In 2008 Geroge Clooney directed and starred in a period piece that serves within the period that it's presented in, this is a rare feat and a dwindling skill of today's filmmakers. Leatherheads is a goofy fun movie with enough heart and plot to keep you going, not perfect by any means there is still far more to admire and appreciate. The style of comedy may have gone over the heads of the critics b...
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May 23, 2024 • 14 mins
Matthew McConaughey comes in with another Oscar-level transformation Mud 2012 directed by Jeff Nicoles is a film that puts you in a place and a life, so much so you want to live where these characters live, smell what they smell, hear what they hear. As the way of life fades for our two main characters Mud and Ellis, we hope it doesn't, we hope everything can go back to the way it was.
Mud also offers another key to what Peter A D...
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May 23, 2024 • 11 mins
Harold Lloyd and directors Fred C. Newmeyer and
Sam Taylor introduces a wealth of movie tropes still used to this day. Just because it's a silent movie made in 1925 does not mean it's not influential. So much of what we live in film started here.
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April 19, 2024 • 10 mins
Don't Worry Darling got the worst type of press before its release and what was lost was the general audience constructively looking at the film. In a different time the Olivia Wilde directed movie would have grown like wildfire throughout social media. Instead, we are left with AKAPAD THE FILM BUFF to rectify the situation and correct the course.
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April 19, 2024 • 15 mins
1977's SEMI-TOUGH stars Burt Reynolds and Kris Kristofferson in a football comedy and shows off THE MAN of the sport, but it wants to be a bit more critical of marriage and see;f-help.This style of comedy would never be made today and because of that, we have to pay attention to this film.
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March 13, 2024 • 11 mins
Neo Noir is the filmmakers' playground and at times it's perfectly fine if it's weird, but if it's weird let it move and have all the right elements this however was missed by many critics. Under the Silver Lake is a fantastic fun movie by David Robert Mitchell that raises real questions about the world of LA and show business.
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March 12, 2024 • 13 mins
Charlton Heston stars as a New Orleans quarterback gradually approaching a mid-life crisis as his career nears its end. "Number One" didn't initially make AKAPAD's list of American Football films for discussion and review. However, this unexpected gem took him by surprise, delivering a compelling narrative possibly sponsored by the NFL itself.
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March 12, 2024 • 6 mins
Carter Smith has emerged as one of the premier young directors of our age. The Passenger is best described as a self-help movie dealing with the inflictions of the past portrayed through a violent depressing lens. The movie should be praised and heralded and because it's not mentioned in award season proves how broken this system is. AKAPAD the Film Buff champions this movie as pure cinema and nothing else.
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March 4, 2024 • 12 mins
We Are Marshall McG's 2006 overlooked Football powerhouse movie deserves attention not from a perfectly executed technical film but from what might be the most tragic plane crash scene ever put to film. We have an all-star cast in front of and behind the camera - this movie deserves your attention as it reveals that the sports genre unlocks what professionals can do in the film business.
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February 17, 2024 • 14 mins
Part of the Matthew McConaughey come back double feature (MUD being the other) Killer Joe showcases a dark hurt filled world with a small moment of hope. There are few movies like this.
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February 16, 2024 • 17 mins
Once long ago Peter A DeLuca believed Oliver Stones' Any Given Sunday was the greatest football film of all time, North Dallas Forty has changed that opinion.
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February 15, 2024 • 11 mins
To AKAPAD The Film Buff The Martian solidifies Ridley Scott as the greatest filmmaker of all time. His career is long vast and winding. The Martian should not be as likable as it is, and that comes from the absolute skill of Matt Damon who deserved more attention for this role.
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February 11, 2024 • 15 mins
In 1991 the golden age of Football comedies ended this is a packed spectacle featuring some of the top young comedians of the day.
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January 3, 2024 • 9 mins
Do we live in an era where filmgoers have forgotten the slow-burn appeal almost every sci-fi movie has had?
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December 23, 2023 • 8 mins
The Creator needed a bigger push at the box office and has not lit the internet on fire once it became available on HULU, why have audiences not adopted an original movie such as this?
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December 23, 2023 • 12 mins
The greatest action movie franchise of all time is Mission Impossible and Dead Reckoning set's up the biggest one yet.
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December 11, 2023 • 16 mins
White Squall is yet another film that showcases Ridley Scott's mastering of the elements and film production as a whole. When it comes to the difficulty of shooting at sea or replicating it White Squall is ahead of its time and never discussed when it comes to this point.
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December 2, 2023 • 9 mins
In this episode, AKAPAD the Film Buff answers the question should you go to see Godzilla Minus One?
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December 2, 2023 • 21 mins
James Gunn announced DC's Blue Beetle as episode one of the new DC Universe series. Finally, AKAPAD the Film Buff jumps into this movie with an open heart and open eyes. Is this the beginning of something much bigger?
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November 30, 2023 • 8 mins
The final film for 2023 that I'm thankful for is 2010's The Other Guys an absolute monster of a masterpiece.
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